John Herald

John Herald

John said he had to work hard at writing songs. And his performances were so dynamic, so electrifying, that he always thought he had to give that same sort of thing on record. It was only toward what turned out to be the end of his days that he could be convinced and cajoled into the confidence to put out this set of him singing only his own songs. But for those who knew him and his music, this was the record we all wanted him to do. And, it really wasn't a new idea to him. Indeed, he had been planning the project over a number of years, gathering the recordings from the sessions that he liked, sorting through the songs he wanted to present. John died before it was finished, though. And thus it fell to those of us who were helping him to make the final choices and get it done. We thank Artie Traum for personally bringing this fine artist to us!!!